When it comes to her adult ballet class at Brookline Ballet, Haruka Tamura has one primary goal: to have fun. “Whether their joy comes from accomplishing goals, like retiré balance, or simply making friends within the community, I just want everyone to have a good time,” she says. Thankfully, this proves to be a fairly […]
Pointework is often considered the pinnacle of ballet training and a fundamental part of our modern ballet culture. If you have adult dancers working hard in class, it’s natural for them to aspire to pointe. And while technique requirements are the same for ballet students of any age, beginning the pointe journey as an adult […]
After having spent a lifetime looking at ourselves in the mirror, constantly appraising, who of us wouldn’t want to take a dance class in the dark? Two Australian dance students, Alice Glenn and Heidi Barrett, had the same thought in 2009 when they founded No Lights No Lycra, a global dance community that offers dancers […]